City Councilmember Isaiah Thomas is leading the calls to explore the possibility of switching Philadelphia to an elected school board in the wake of the board's vote to close 17 schools.
Jonathan Escobar high-fives his former teacher, Juan Elias, after graduating from Carl Schurz High School. Escobar is one of hundreds of students who were forced to leave his ASPIRA charter school after it abruptly...
Since the attendance incentive began, DPSCD officials say high school chronic absenteeism dropped by 10 percentage points. Pictured, students enter a classroom at Osborn High School.
Indianapolis voters could see a tax increase, known as a referendum, for schools on the ballot in November. But the details are still being decided by the Indianapolis Public Education Corporation.
There are no easy answers about AI implementation in schools. These questions can help you and your students start a conversation.
Denver Public School has hired Sito Narcisse as the temporary chief of schools.
Michael Horn, host of podcasts The Future of Education and Class Disrupted, recently sat down with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Ryan Delk, the founder of the Primer microschools network. In the episode below,...
When Santana Cruz graduates from high school this spring, she will have over 100 college credits and two associate degrees. A public school student in Bristol, Virginia, that sits along the Tennessee border, Cruz began...
Sonja Shaw and Richard Barrera are the top two candidates in the state superintendent of public instruction primary, with Steve Hilton and Xavier Becerra leading the governor's race.
“Taylor dropped a new album.” “Resting up from my vacay.” “Netflix binge last night.” Those were among the “lame excuses” for missing school that Oklahoma’s Union Public Schools featured during the 2024-25 school year,...
Efforts to address deep-rooted inequities for students of color are being cast as discriminatory against white students. The post Trump’s Education Department is backing away from addressing civil rights for Black...
No state has taken over as many local public school districts as Texas. Just since 2020, the Texas Education Agency has installed its own hand-picked leaders in eight districts. The post Texas state takeover of local...
When schools abruptly closed their doors at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020, millions of students unexpectedly started learning at home, with or without the help of Zoom lessons. Many observers...
The uprising against ed tech received a boost from the federal government last month when the U.S. surgeon general advised schools to “help reduce the role of screens in the lives of our nation’s children.”  ...
College leaders must "confront the brutal facts" of their finances if they want to build resilience, warns University of North Texas President Harrison Keller.
Nearly half of polled professors said they changed class materials on their own in response to memos limiting teaching about race, sex and gender.
To be an educator and a writer is to inhabit a rollercoaster world of hope; at times, you are filled with the excitement and power of possibilities, ...
I had fallen in love with my life as a high schooler, but I knew in my heart that I could be doing more.
The June 2 California primary election will determine which two candidates advance in the race for state superintendent of public instruction.
School districts are adopting AI policies more than ever, but a lack of resources, funding and expertise has some still concerned.
Following months of speculation, Hilton has unveiled the new upper midscale brand, a flexible, scalable complement to its Graduate offering.
For too many students, school and sports are not a refuge; they are sites of identity-based trauma.  Half of all children of color nationwide have experienced racism in school, and nearly 40% of LGBTQ+ youth have...
Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand speaks at a picnic hosted by the Adair County Democrats in Greenfield, Iowa, on August 11, 2019.
A recent report from the University of Oklahoma documented the Sooner State’s “Fall to 48th” place on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Its slide down the rankings from the middle of the pack in the 1990s...
As summer break begins, violence prevention groups across Philadelphia are deploying new outreach programs aimed at keeping students safe during the months when gun violence historically spikes.
New York City has opened applications for its 2-K early childhood program. Families can now apply for free, full-day seats for two-year-olds, with officials outlining eligibility and deadlines.
Each August in rural southwestern Oklahoma, more than half of Frederick Elementary School’s incoming third graders begin their school year in a literacy intervention program because they’re behind in reading...
Riverstone Academy, billed as Colorado's first public Christian school, has shut its doors for good amid legal and enrollment challenges that tested the boundaries of public funding and religious instruction.
A Michigan policy requiring parents to meet with health officials before opting out of vaccines initially cut waiver rates, but recent data shows the approach has produced unintended consequences.
Last month brought several high-profile leadership changes across the higher education sector, with some presidents departing amid institutional tension.